Back and forth through time and events: (Extended abstract)

Patrick Blackburn, Claire Gardent, Maarten de Rijke

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Abstract

In this extended abstract back-and-forth structures are defined and applied to the semantics of natural language. Back-and-forth structures consist of an event structure and an interval structure communicating via a relational link; transitions in the one structure correspond to transitions in the other. Such structures enable us to view temporal constructions (such as tense, aspect, and temporal connectives) as methods of moving systematically between information sources. We illustrate this with a treatment of the English present perfect, and progressive aspect, that draws on ideas developed in Moens and Steedman (1988).
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelTemporal Logic - 1st International Conference, ICTL 1994, Proceedings
RedaktørerDov M. Gabbay, Hans Jurgen Ohlbach
Antal sider13
ForlagSpringer
Publikationsdato1994
Sider225-237
ISBN (Trykt)9783540582410
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1994
Udgivet eksterntJa
Begivenhed1st International Conference on Temporal Logic, ICTL 1994 - Bonn, Tyskland
Varighed: 11 jul. 199414 jul. 1994

Konference

Konference1st International Conference on Temporal Logic, ICTL 1994
Land/OmrådeTyskland
ByBonn
Periode11/07/199414/07/1994
NavnLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Vol/bind827
ISSN0302-9743

Emneord

  • Eventuality Structure
  • Speech Time
  • Interval Structure
  • Temporal Connective
  • Eventuality Occurrence

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